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    Aug 24, 2011, 11:47 AM
    My goldfish looks like its fins are bleeding... on the inside, also around the gills?
    It's not like blood just real red. It's also floating a lot and not swimming much anymore. Any suggestions? We added some minnows from a nearby lake. Could that have anything to do with it?
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    Aug 24, 2011, 11:48 AM
    It's dying, and yes, adding the minnows probably added bacteria from the lake.
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    Aug 24, 2011, 12:05 PM
    There's nothing you can do for it... once they start floating, that's pretty much the end. It's possible that adding other fish from a lake caused this. A long time ago I had an Oscar (a big fish that eats other fish) that was about 10 inches long. Real nice looking fish. He was expensive to feed goldfish to and I thought that if I feed him minnows, I could feed him well and it wouldn't cost much. He ate well for a week and then was dead. It was an expensive lesson to learn.

    Sorry this happened to you.
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    Apr 10, 2013, 05:03 AM
    I am wondering how this turned out for you, I have a fish with the same problem. Mine is a goldfish approx 1yr old, I added some fish from an admittedly dirty tank in approx 2 weeks ago and now he is hovering at the surface, looks like bleeding, and decreased swimming. I have separated him from the other fish. Just wondering if your fish survived.

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